Dick Bennett
Dick Bennett
Richard A. "Dick" Bennettis an American college basketball coach who is best known for building the Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball program into a mid-major power and revitalizing the Wisconsin Badgers basketball program. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he is the father of current Virginia Cavaliers head coach Tony Bennett and current Northern Illinois women's basketball head coach Kathi Bennett...
arrive aside banner conference heads listen perfectly prove raised talking
I don't think the conference has done all that well, to be perfectly honest. I think this is a conference that will arrive late. I don't know why, but it will reassert itself. We haven't raised the banner very high, aside from Washington. We have a lot to prove as a conference. I'm not disturbed. I don't listen to talking heads that the conference is overrated. It will come out in the wash.
arrive conference
I don't think the conference has done all that well. I think this is a conference that will arrive late. Right now, we're all guessing.
pleasure serve
It has been my pleasure to serve WSU in these years.
careful full next strength
I'm anticipating we'll have him at full strength next week. We're going to try and be very careful with this one.
furnace gold man silver test
You test gold in a furnace and silver with a crucible, but you test man with praise.
rock
I think Batista's the rock on that team.
alternate change means panic regarding rely trying winning
I'm trying not to panic or change everything around regarding that, but I'm trying to find some alternate means of scoring. We can't rely on winning with the three.
aside emotions fact kids maybe owned
I don't know what that is aside from the emotions of the game. Maybe the fact that they have pretty much owned us over the years. I'm not sure. I do know . . . that they've got a lot of young kids out there.
existence
That's been the story of our existence here. Almost, but not quite.
arrogance empties face false gut learned pride punch realize rebuilding truly
Sometimes you have to be empty. That is one thing I have truly learned in all the rebuilding projects. At some point, you have got to take a punch to the gut that just empties all the arrogance or pride or false hopes, and then you realize we better face up to who we are.
circus defense shots talked took
At halftime, we talked about 'Let's just show some semblance of a half-court defense and some offense. We took a lot of circus shots in the first half.
bottom line picture time viewed
The big picture is what has to be viewed in this process. There comes a time when the bottom line is all that matters. But that time has not come yet.
feeling leader maybe obvious trust watch
Obviously, we have no leader on the floor. That is obvious if you watch us. I don't think they trust me. My feeling is that most of them think I'm over the hill. Maybe I'm just exaggerating.
everybody knew leaning season secret three time until wait
It's not a big secret that I've been leaning that way. Everybody around here wanted me to wait until the end of the season to make sure. And I think it's time for a change. I knew these three years were going to be difficult, and that's the only thing I've been right on about.